• r8-hob-408-10
    HoB 408: Oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Oinochoe

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.202
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Building H
B-Grid Coordinates
W34 - W35 / S123 - S125 *99.9 - 99.55
Findspot
W34-35 / S123-125 *99.9-99.55
Description
Many joining fragments of neck, body, base, and stump of a vertical handle of an oinochoe. Presumably a trefoil mouth. Globular body with a vertical strap handle from slightly above mid-body. Almost intact. Black on creamy white slip; plain base. Exterior, neck, plain slipped; shoulder has three horizontal lines and a row of pendent concentric semicircles (each four semicircles); a row with three sets of three concentric circles (four circles each); two black bands at maximum width, and two more on lower body.
Dimensions
H. 0.021, Diam. of base 0.098, Th. 0.005–0.007.
Comments
See Also
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Author
GGD